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Dynamics in agricultural extension services provision in Malawi: insights from two rounds of household and community panel surveys.

Published online: 23 Oct 2019

Authors: Ragasa, C. & Comstock, A.

Content type: Bulletin

The Government of Malawi is in the process of developing its National Agricultural Extension Strategy. Two rounds of national household and community ...

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Habitat structure and egg distributions in the processionary caterpillar Ochrogaster lunifer: lessons for conservation and pest management.

Published online: 20 Apr 2000

Authors: Floater, G. J. & Zalucki, M. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The spatial and temporal distribution of eggs laid by herbivorous insects is a crucial component of herbivore population stability, as it influences o...

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Riparian reserves within oil palm plantations conserve logged forest leaf litter ant communities and maintain associated scavenging rates.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Gray, C. L. & Lewis, O. T. & Chung, A. Y. C. & Fayle, T. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of oil palm plantations at the expense of tropical forests is causing declines in many species and altering ecosystem functions. Maintai...

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Grassland extensification enhances nest densities of ground-nesting wild bees.

Published online: 27 Jun 2024

Authors: Albrecht, M. & Bossart, S. & Tschanz, P. & Keller, T. & Sutter, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ground-nesting wild bees provide essential pollination services in agroecosystems, but they are jeopardized by intensive agricultural management. To m...

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Wild bee communities benefit from temporal complementarity of hedges and flower strips in apple orchards.

Published online: 19 Feb 2023

Authors: Königslöw, V. von & Fornoff, F. & Klein, A. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wild bees importantly pollinate both crop and wild plants. Yet, in intensive agricultural landscapes, wild bees are rare due to resource limitations o...

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Early spring orchard pollinators spill over from resource-rich adjacent forest patches.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Urban-Mead, K. R. & Dyke, M. van & Muñiz, P. & Young, A. D. & Danforth, B. N. & McArt, S. H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Pollinator communities are more abundant and diverse in agricultural matrices with more natural habitat, although the reasons for these correlations r...

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Ants as tools in sustainable agriculture.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Offenberg, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With an expanding human population placing increasing pressure on the environment, agriculture needs sustainable production that can match conventiona...

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Demographic superiority with increased logging in tropical understorey insectivorous birds.

Published online: 23 Sep 2015

Authors: Umesh Srinivasan & Hines, J. E. & Suhel Quader

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Selective logging is pervasive in the tropics and is among the most urgent threats to tropical biodiversity. The vast areas of logged tropical forest ...

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Influence of land use on plant community composition and diversity in Highland Sourveld grassland in the southern Drakensberg, South Africa.

Published online: 02 Nov 2005

Authors: O'Connor, T. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity conservation of grasslands in the face of transformation and global climate change will depend mainly on rangelands because of insufficie...

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No evidence for trade-offs between bird diversity, yield and water table depth on oil palm smallholdings: implications for tropical peatland landscape restoration.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Warren-Thomas, E. & Agus, F. & Akbar, P. G. & Crowson, M. & Hamer, K. C. & Hariyadi, B. & Hodgson, J. A. & Kartika, W. D. & Lopes, M. & Lucey, J. M. & Mustaqim, D. & Pettorelli, N. & Saad, A. & Sari, W. & Sukma, G. & Stringer, L. C. & Ward, C. & Hill, J. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tropical peat swamp forests retain large carbon stocks and support unique biodiversity, but clearance and drainage for agriculture have resulted in fi...

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